This installment of our mission with HEART focuses on human rights. Over the past few months we have paid particular attention to all kinds of human rights stories that have appeared in the news. In April we were horrified to hear of the 276 young girls that had been kidnapped in northern Nigeria for simply attempting to gain an education. A few months later we were astounded to see a video from the Human Rights Watch showing children laboring in hazardous conditions on tobacco farms in the US. These stories really opened our eyes to issues of human rights in our world and reminded us of the importance of educating our youth to enable them to make a change.

Lucky for us, we know that the amazing teachers at HEART are already on the task. They work hard to develop humane education programs and services designed for Kindergarten through High School students. Their programs are created to impact the way young people think about their responsibility to one another, covering topics such as bullying, conflict resolution, child labor, fair trade, farming rights and the acceptance of human differences and beliefs.

In this edition of Make Nice, we are making it easy for you to bring aspects of HEART's Human Rights curriculum into your own home. We have created fun and easy moomah-made templates inspired by the lessons in the program and donated them to the teachers to use in their classrooms. They are available online to encourage you to partake in the lessons with your kids in your own homes.